7 must-read fantasy books like Night Shift by Stephen King, John D. MacDonald

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Night Shift

By: Stephen King , John D. MacDonald

4.04

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

A collection of tales to invade and paralyse the mind as the safe light of day is infiltrated by th…

"You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you."

-Stephen King, Night Shift

"You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you."

-Stephen King, Night Shift

"She wasn't like a jukebox; you never had to put in a dime and she never came unplugged."

-Stephen King, Night Shift

"She wasn't like a jukebox; you never had to put in a dime and she never came unplugged."

-Stephen King, Night Shift

If you liked the fantasy plot in Night Shift by Stephen King, John D. MacDonald , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Blaze by Stephen        King, Richard Bachman

1. Blaze

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.76

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

From the Flap: The last of the Richard Bachman novels, recently recovered and published for the … read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Blaze book and Stephen King's Night Shift

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Blaze himself was pretty sure he himself was going to hell, as were most other people. It was a dirty world, and the longer you lived, the dirtier you got."

-Stephen King, Blaze

"Sometimes when he was in the country he would sleep in a barn and wake in the night and go out and look at the stars and there were so many, and he knew they were there before him, and they would be …"

-Stephen King, Blaze

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2. Rage

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.73

Format: 131 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A disturbed high-school student with authority problems kills one of his teachers and takes the res… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Rage book and Stephen King's Night Shift

  • suspense
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
"Be'…"

-Stephen King, Rage

"You’re on, Ted,"

-Stephen King, Rage

"That was Dad's life, and I was the birdshit on his windshield."

-Stephen King, Rage

"If I knew what was making me do it, I probably wouldn't have to."

-Stephen King, Rage

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3. Roadwork

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Barton Dawes’ unremarkable but comfortable existence suddenly takes a turn for the worst. Highway c… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Roadwork book and Stephen King's Night Shift

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Wimmern war die letzte Zuflucht unbedeutender Männer."

-Stephen King, Roadwork

"The fucking you got was never worth the screwing you took."

-Stephen King, Roadwork

"Das Leben schien nur eine Vorbereitung auf die Hölle zu sein."

-Stephen King, Roadwork

"Haben Sie in meiner Nase gebohrt, als ich nicht hingesehen habe?"

-Stephen King, Roadwork

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4. The Bachman Books

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

4.14

Format: 704 pages, Paperback

Four novels from the inimitable - and unmistakable - master of terror and suspense... RAGE A h… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's The Bachman Books book and Stephen King's Night Shift

  • anthologies
  • suspense
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
"I do have one slightly crooked wheel upstairs, but everything else is ticking along just four-o, thank you very much."

-Stephen King, The Bachman Books

"A nice street, Fred. A nice neighborhood. Oh, I know how the intellectuals sneer at suburbia - it's not as romantic as the rat-infested tenements or the hale-and-hearty back-to-the-land stuff. There …"

-Stephen King, The Bachman Books

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5. The Regulators

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.72

Format: 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback

There's a place in Wentworth, Ohio, where summer is in full swing. It's called Poplar Street. Up un… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's The Regulators book and Stephen King's Night Shift

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"Brad looked at his wife with that expression of love that is the sole property of people who have been married over ten years."

-Stephen King, The Regulators

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6. The Long Walk

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

4.08

Format: 370 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Against the wishes of his mother, sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual gr… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's The Long Walk book and Stephen King's Night Shift

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • fantasy
"Love is a fake!"

-Stephen King, The Long Walk

"Another time, another place."

-Stephen King, The Long Walk

"Better to be dirty than dead."

-Stephen King, The Long Walk

"His eyes were as blank and bright as doorknobs."

-Stephen King, The Long Walk

Cover of The Running Man by Stephen        King, Richard Bachman

7. The Running Man

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.90

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

In the year 2025, the best men don't run for president, they run for their lives... Ben Richard… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's The Running Man book and Stephen King's Night Shift

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • fantasy
"Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk."

-Stephen King, The Running Man

"Say your name over two hundred times and discover you are no one."

-Stephen King, The Running Man

"The woman had looked into the abyss and then walked out across it."

-Stephen King, The Running Man

"...sie würden Christus persönlich überfallen, um ein Pfund Salami zu ergattern."

-Stephen King, The Running Man

Cover of Night Shift by Stephen        King, John D. MacDonald

8. Night Shift

By: Stephen King , John D. MacDonald

4.04

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

A collection of tales to invade and paralyse the mind as the safe light of day is infiltrated by th… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Night Shift book and Stephen King's Night Shift

  • anthologies
  • suspense
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you."

-Stephen King, Night Shift

"She wasn't like a jukebox; you never had to put in a dime and she never came unplugged."

-Stephen King, Night Shift

"If seven hundred monkeys typed for seven hundred years, one of them would turn out the works of Shakespeare,"

-Stephen King, Night Shift

"There are spiritually noxious places, buildings where the milk of the cosmos has become sour and rancid. This church is such a place; I would swear to it."

-Stephen King, Night Shift

Cover of Thinner by Stephen        King, Richard Bachman

9. Thinner

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

After an old gypsy woman is killed by his car, lawyer Billy Halleck is stricken with a flesh-wastin… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Thinner book and Stephen King's Night Shift

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"Purpurfargade ansiktet"

-Stephen King, Thinner

"It's the people who aren't scared who die young."

-Stephen King, Thinner

"Things hurt more when you were alone, that was all."

-Stephen King, Thinner

"The definition of an asshole is a guy who doesn't believe what he's seeing."

-Stephen King, Thinner

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10. The Exorcist

By: William Peter Blatty

4.20

Format: 385 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Georgetown, Washington D.C. Actress and divorced mother Chris MacNeil starts to experience 'difficu… read more

Similar categories in William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist book and Stephen King's Night Shift

  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"Keep away. The sow is mine."

-William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

"The child was slender as fleeting hope."

-William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

"The child was slender as a fleeting hope."

-William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

"In forgetting, they were trying to remember"

-William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

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11. Eruption

By: Michael Crichton

3.91

Format: 432 pages, ebook

A history-making once-in-a-century volcanic eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. … read more

Similar categories in Michael Crichton's Eruption book and Stephen King's Night Shift

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • suspense
Cover of The Pram by Joe Hill

12. The Pram

By: Joe Hill

3.77

Format: 58 pages, Kindle Edition

A husband’s obsessive desire for a child leads to an unexpected manifestation of his yearning in a … read more

Similar categories in Joe Hill's The Pram book and Stephen King's Night Shift

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
Cover of Manner of Death (Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery #14) by Robin Cook

13. Manner of Death (Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery #14)

By: Robin Cook

3.97

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

In the new fast-paced medical thriller from bestselling author Robin Cook, fan favorites Jack and L… read more

Similar categories in Robin Cook's Manner of Death (Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery #14) book and Stephen King's Night Shift

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • suspense

13 must-read fiction books like Night Shift by Stephen King, John D. MacDonald

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Blaze

Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.76

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Rage

Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.73

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Roadwork

Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.60

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The Bachman Books

Stephen King , Richard Bachman

4.14

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11 Top fiction books like Roadwork by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

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Roadwork

Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.60

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The Eyes of the Dragon

Stephen King

3.94

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Desperation

Stephen King

3.94

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Dolores Claiborne

Stephen King

3.00

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